About February 29, 1940
February 29, 1940 is the 60th day of the year 1940 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 306 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
You can browse the full year 1940 calendar in case you need it.
A person born on this day will be 84 years old today. (Assuming this person is still alive and kicking)
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Pisces is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Dragon is the mythical animal and Metal is the element for a person born on this day if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology (or Chinese zodiac).
What Happened On February 29, 1940
- 1940 –Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations
- 1940 –For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
- 1940 –In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, because of the war, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden’s Consul General in San Francisco.
Who Were Born On February 29, 1940?
- 1940 –Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
- 1940 –William H. Turner, Jr. American horse trainer
Who Died On February 29, 1940?
- 1940 –Edward Frederic Benson, English writer (b. 1867)
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